1950s Photography

Original American black and white studio photographic production still for George Stevens 1951 drama, romance “A Place In The Sun”. Starring Montgomery Clift...

Frank Horvat - Please Don't Smile Argentic 39x29 cms 690 1958

Christian Lemaire Children at Bread (1956) Silver print 40 x 30 cms Signed, titled and dated on back Stamped by the artist 390 euros

F. L. Kennett, "Ancient Horse Head", original 1950s black and white modernist photograph. Subject: Ancient sculpture from the British Museum. Bears the photographer's studio stamps...

From an important 25 plus years collection of male physique and beefcake photography, image #2 of male model. (name unknown) Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All orig photos are 8 x 10. Framed: 16.50" W x 19" H. Please see separate listings for many more original photographs from this collection. Note: these beautiful photos are VERY hard to photograph under glass. They are BEAUTIFUL crisp, sharp orinal photos printed BY HAND from the original negatives in the 50s and 60s that were printed before computer printed and generated images! BIO: Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire. Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail. An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...

Photography by Lucien Clergue representing Serge Lifar (Diaghilev successor as a director of the famous Russian Ballet and director of the Paris Opera Hous...

F. L. Kennett, "Lynn Chadwick", original 1960s black and white modernist photograph. Bears the photographer's studio stamp on the reverse. This photograph is unframed. Frederick ...

F. L. Kennett, "Bryan Kneale, Head", original 1960s black and white modernist photograph. Bears the photographer's studio stamp on the reverse. This photograph is unframed. Frede...

Cyril Connolly and Lady Caroline blackwood outside wheelers. C1952 Measures: 23.5cm x 23.5cm Original photograph in a modern box frame. Francis Bac...

Lower East Side, New York 1958, vintage gelatin silver photograph, signed Frank Paulin and dated on verso.